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Plotting My Fantasy Project
My New Year’s resolution this year was to write a completed first draft of my young adult fantasy work-in-progress. This is the same fantasy project I mentioned in a post back in 2023. I wrote the first two scenes without any idea whatsoever of where I was going with it, even within the current scene…
Reading Recap 2024
In 2024, I read exactly 200 books. They were a mix of YA and adult fantasy, contemporary, urban fantasy, science fiction, and even a couple historical fantasies. I’m not going to list every book I read this year, just the ones I rated four stars (I almost never rate a book five stars because author…
NaNoWriMo – No
For those of you who don’t know, November is National Novel Writing Month. Obviously, the goal is to complete a manuscript by November 30th, usually totaling 50,000 words. I, on the other hand, am doing the opposite. Here’s why: I have been working on my YA fantasy novel for over eight months. Although I am…
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